Wall World Strategy

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Wall World Strategy Colony Building Guide

Your colony grows outward from the Core across a sheer vertical surface. Since the demo, the rule is simple: construct a building and connect it to the road network, and it starts working. Plan roads first and every structure has somewhere to plug in.

Build + road How a building starts working
10 Listed building changes
4 Road and stairs fixes in the Demo Update
Release 1.0 Vertical building expanded for 1.0
Core-to-road plan Core Road network Stairs Connected · works No road · not working
Schematic of the connection rule: buildings on the road network work, a building off the network does not.
Wall World Strategy official Steam screenshot 1
Steam store screenshot 1 of 20 — Steam store
Sheet 01

How a building starts working

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Steam store screenshot 7 of 20 — Steam store
  1. Construct the building — Pick a spot on the Wall and place the structure. Playtest v0.3.0 already made placing buildings, roads and foundations easier.
  2. Connect it to a road — The demo reworked foundations into one step: once a building is constructed and joined to the road network, it functions. There is no separate foundation job to manage.
  3. Read its information panel — Each building has an information panel for its production. Those panels were reworked in the playtest, and the demo adjusted the icons shown on buildings so problems are easier to spot.
  4. Expect repairs — Damage needs fixing. The repair system was reworked between the playtest and the demo, so earlier habits may not carry over.
Sheet 02

Roads, stairs and the Core

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Steam store screenshot 8 of 20 — Steam store
  1. The Core is the hub — The Core is the centre of the colony. Stairs can be built and removed around it, and the Demo Update fixed a bug that broke removing stairs near the Core.
  2. Road tiles are quicker now — The Demo Update simplified road tile placement, optimised the placement algorithm and refreshed the construction animations, so laying out a network takes fewer clicks.
  3. Your layout is a path network — Robo-spiders and attacking zyrexes both move through the city. The Demo Update improved that navigation, so roads shape how units and enemies travel.
  4. Think vertically — Everything sits on a vertical surface. After the demo, Alawar said it was expanding the vertical side of building for the full game.
Sheet 03

Planning a first layout

The store page frames growth as a series of trade-offs: production, housing or defense. Each choice links to a system with its own sheet.

Production Production chains Plan where key structures sit so raw resources flow into processing. Mines and electricity feed this chain. Mining & Research →
Housing Living areas Expand housing as the population grows. Overpopulation or food shortages lower efficiency and can end in riots. Colonists →
Defense Protection Zyrexes attack again and again. Concrete defense walls became cheaper to build in the Demo Update. Zyrex Defense →
Storage Extra storage Additional storage buildings hold surplus resources. The demo fixed a bug where their amounts were not saved and loaded correctly. Mining & Research →
Sheet 04

Every building change so far

Ten changes in official posts touch building, from the playtest to the plans for 1.0.

Playtest v0.3.0
  • Improved — Placement of buildings, roads and foundations
  • Improved — Information panels for buildings and production systems
  • Reworked — Foundations system rework announced for the demo
  • Reworked — Repair system rework announced for the demo
Demo (June 2026)
  • Reworked — Foundations simplified: construct a building and connect it with roads for it to work
  • Improved — Road tile placement simplified
  • Fixed — Removing stairs near the Core
  • Improved — Road construction animations updated
  • Improved — Road placement algorithm optimised
  • Planned for 1.0 — More vertical building mechanics
All changes for this system →
Sheet 05

Where building connects

Colony systems plan

The Core Colony centre; roads and stairs connect every building to it.
Building Roads, foundations, stairs and storage. 10 listed changes.
Zyrex Defense Waves, concrete walls and energy domes. 4 listed changes.
Colonists Morale, food and supply; riots when they fail. 1 listed changes.
Robo-Spiders Scouting, extraction and risky expeditions. 3 listed changes.
Mining & Research Mines in the Wall, electricity and the research tree. 9 listed changes.
Modes Scenarios across biomes, difficulty settings, Sandbox Mode. 4 listed changes.
Updates Eight official posts from announcement to release date.
Release November 11, 2026 on Steam for Windows and macOS.

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